Old Style Diary Archive - NOV 05

LearningToSave.

Sweet_Pea wrote:

Learning: Good luck with your spending challenge - I know you'll do well, you already have the attitude + full pantry and freezers which will get you through. Good luck also with your selling.



Queenies post above made me laugh, I mis-read it and thought she was saying "good luck also with your spelling" :rotfl:

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:rotfl: oh that did give me a chuckle sweet pea!!!
you'll have to let me know what the fake bailey's is like.......dh loves it so we are on a mission to find a fake one we like.we have tried lidl's but he wasnt too keen......we currently on my mums recommendation have irish knights from asda that cost only £2.98 so im really hoping he likes that one :rotfl:

johanne.....great news about the tax rebate,hope you manage to find a new job and things start to look up for you.

curry-queen..........if you are reading then lots of love and hugs winging your way.hopefully it'll all start working out soon.thinking of you.

LearningToSave.

ooohhhhhh johanne that coat is gorgeous!!!!
i am very jealous now got my winter coat from our charity shop last week for £8.....but its more an ok and it'll do cos i cant really afford to buy a new one rather than ooohhh wow!! if you know what i mean.
very jealous of noticing its a size 10 too!!!!.........youngest dd is 6 months and eldest nearly 3 and baby weight is still my excuse....i was a size 8-10 before first dd and and a 14 now :eek:

elona

Learning to save

Do you have a Primark near you because I got a very nice coat for my daughters for £12.99 with a hood and detachable fur trimming.

DDs are all very choosy!

moggins

Oh boy, I'm exhausted. All the stuff is now out of storage and piled in the dining room I must make a start on unloading the boxes in a while as I can't get to the freezer or the tumble dryer. I've found all the christmas decorations though and a Halogen heater (still boxed) that I'd forgotten I'd bought back in the spring

Charity shops are great for winter coats. I've just bought a gorgeous Jasper Conran long jacket with a furry hood and double sleeves which is totally beautiful and only cost me £6.

tootles_2

Very late today, sorry, We were at the allotment this morning, planting fruit trees, garlic and laying out paths.... home for lunch, leek and lentil soup and toast........
I was out to visit a friend this afternoon and home to a fish and chip supper cooked by DH........so not much OS today........

Bargain_Rzl

Wow! I can't believe I got so much done today!

Am now on third load of washing (of four), with 2nd in TD - it's now no longer raining, but there's no point putting it out at this time of day, especially not when it would all come in off the line stinking of bonfire smoke and sulphur!

Have just eaten some of my delish HM fish pie, which was all going to be for the freezer, but the cheese sauce looked soooo yummy I decided that it would be tonight's dinner after all! Must soon go and get the pork & pineapple curry (tonight's planned dinner) out of the SC, do some rice to go with it, and box it up ready to go in the freezer when it's cool. Got 5 lunch-size boxes out of the bacon pasta bake I did earlier. All three of these recipes came from this forum - thanks a million! :T

My shoes are back from the cobblers and look as good as new :T so it looks like I'm on target with the "no more new clothes till January" plan. I'd been worried that the cobbler would say the boots at least were irreparable as the soles had completely worn away under the toes, the heels were ripped to shreds, and one had a big hole in the middle of the sole! That would have been the second pair of boots I'd killed in six months!

Am putting my feet up at the moment as I've just been eating my dinner, and I'm listening to the weekly opera broadcast on Radio 3, but it will be the interval soon so I can go and tackle the mountain of washing up :eek: which still seems just as huge even though I feel like I've been washing and drying cooking utensils ALL DAY... It's a bit difficult to listen to music with all the fireworks banging away outside, anyway.

jaybee

Bargain_Rzl wrote:

It's a bit difficult to listen to music with all the fireworks banging away outside, anyway.

I know - it's like a war zone around here. I'm trying to listen / watch the concert on BBC4 at the moment (Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante punctuated by lots of banging and explosions - maybe they should be playing Handel's Fireworks!!!!).

Bargain_Rzl

jaybee wrote:

I know - it's like a war zone around here. I'm trying to listen / watch the concert on BBC4 at the moment (Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante punctuated by lots of banging and explosions - maybe they should be playing Handel's Fireworks!!!!).

Oh - is that a repeat of the Prom with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra? If so, I was there! Be sure to keep listening if they're also showing Mahler's 1st Symphony which was the 2nd half of that concert, and was the best performance of it I've ever heard.

Still noisy here as well! Still, washing up is now finished, and all today's cookery is boxed up for the freezer

JAMIEDODGER

evening all!

quite an OS day today! 3 loads of washing done throughout the course of the day, all hanging on airers so no TD today! made a loaf, some flapjacks, sultana fairy cakes, a HM tomato and sausage pasta bake for dinner with HM jam sponge cake and custard for afters! finally did my meal planner (although still needs a bit of adjustment but am working on a 14 day planner with more roasts and stews now its winter coming!

spent nothing today as didnt go out at all, dont feel particularly well today so early night for me, tomorrow will be a relaxing day (but still need to iron uniforms, bake loaf and whip up some HM yoghurt) was going to start wrapping christmas prezzies this evening but really dont feel like it, still, 50 days left til xmas so plenty of time yet lol :eek:

right....im starting to yawn so off to bed for me! that nice bottle of rose i have chilling in the fridge will have to wait til tomorrow

JD

taplady

MrsB wrote:

:eek: :eek: Taplady's going dancing in her swimsuit!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

I must admit they're a bit skimpy ! lots of sparkle!(luv sparkle )

I didn't break any legs Queenie and the show went really well. Good practice for our own show which we do ( profits to our local hospital and hospice) in March! :cool: :j